Neaniskos

Neaniskos is the Classic Greek word for "young man." It appears a total of eleven times in five of the books of the Greek New Testament,

• Matthew 19:20 19:22
• Mark 14:51 16:5
• Luke 7:14
• Acts 2:17 5:10 23:18 23:22
• 1John 2:13 2:14

It also appears in the controversial document known as the Secret Gospel of Mark. Some scholars proposed that the occurrences of this word in Mk 14:51, Mk 16:5 and Secret Mark are somehow related. One suggestion is that the account of Secret Mark was created by combining the passages of Matthew, Mark and Luke in which the word Neaniskos appears.

See also:

• Omissions in the Gospel of John